02 Epidemiology (Determine which competency)

Question 1

Describe how epidemiologic thinking is
used to provide an evidence-based
explanation concerning causes and
correlations of health and disease.

Answer 1

Public Health Approach

Question 2

Discuss how epidemiologic thinking and a
public health approach is used to
transform a narrative into an evidencebased explanation.

Answer 2

Public Health Apporach

Question 3

Apply epidemiologic thinking and a public
health approach to a model to explain
cause and effect associations.

Answer 3

Public Health Approach

Question 4

Describe how to collect reliable data
regarding priority health-related
phenomena.

Answer 4

Public Health Survelliance

Question 5

Use credible evidence to describe a
public health surveillance system.

Answer 5

Public Health Survelliance

Question 6

Use models that are based on
empirical evidence to identify patterns
of health and disease to characterize a
public health problem.

Answer 6

Public Health Survelliance

Question 7

Use patterns in empirical evidence to
formulate hypotheses.

Answer 7

Public Health Survelliance

Question 8

Describe the capacity of basic epidemiologic study
designs (e.g., cross-sectional, case-control, cohort,
and randomized controlled trial) to address
hypotheses under different circumstances.

Answer 8

Analytic Epidemiology

Question 9

Use empirical data from an experimental study
(e.g., clinical trial

Answer 9

Analytical Epidemiology

Question 10

Use empirical data from an observational study to mathematically quantify an association between an exposure and disease

Answer 10

Analytic Epidemiology

Question 11

Make a statement concerning an association
between an exposure and disease with
consideration of a mathematical analysis of
empirical data.

Answer 11

Analytic Epidemiology

Question 12

Make a statement concerning causality with
consideration of a mathematical analysis of
empirical data and Bradford Hill’s Criteria for
Causality.

Answer 12

Analytic Epidemiology

Question 13

Describe a model illustrating how
scientific, social, economic, environmental,
cultural, and political systems influence
intervention performance pattern

Answer 13

Prevention Effectiveness

Question 14

Use a targeted health promotion and
communication approach to design
intervention strategies.

Answer 14

Prevention Effectiveness

Question 15

Evaluate competing health-related
intervention strategies by using a
systematic assessment to improve
effectiveness

Answer 15

Prevention Effectiveness